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Farmers' march to Delhi: Photographers, lawyers and students mobilise support -Kavitha Iyer

-The Indian Express

On November 29, farmers are scheduled to gather at four locations on the outskirts of Delhi, from where they will march into the capital city.

Mumbai:
PHOTOGRAPHERS FOR farmers, lawyers for farmers, students for farmers and techies for farmers — these are some of a series of loose groups being formed across cities including Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, Hyderabad and Pune in an effort to mobilise the support of the urban middle classes for issues pertaining to the deepening crisis in Indian agriculture.
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Ahead of the CPM-All India Kisan Sabha’s proposed march of over one lakh farmers from across India to Delhi on November 29-30, these groups are pitching in with support through social media campaigns, awareness drives, posters, seminars and discussions in colleges and universities, in a bid to garner the support of educated, middle class Indians for the Kisan Sabha’s demand — a 21-day special session of Parliament to discuss the continuing agrarian distress.

The Kisan Mukti March, organised and supported by 200 organisations that comprise the All India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee, is itself inspired by the success of the 200-km Nashik-Mumbai long march of Adivasi farmers this March, and the idea of roping in the support of urban folk is also inspired by the response of average Mumbai residents to the marching tribals as they arrived in the financial capital, a sea of red flags and caps, disciplined and organised despite their exhaustion.

Some of these urban supporters will eventually volunteer for and participate in the march to Delhi. On November 29, farmers are scheduled to gather at four locations on the outskirts of Delhi, from where they will march into the capital city. Apart from the three-week special session of Parliament, they are demanding the passage of two private member bills, on loan waivers and on assured procurement alongside MSP for farm produce.

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